Baby Shower Games & Activities—Oh, Baby, We’re Having Fun!

Welcome Your Soon-to-be-Mommy with a Fun Baby Shower

At one point or another every woman will somehow be involved in a baby shower—whether planning, hosting, attending, or being the guest of honor.  Usually, planning the baby shower is the hardest part.  You have to come up with a guest list, decorations, food, and a gift, not to mention baby shower games!  As far as food goes, sometimes people choose a theme (such as craving foods—nachos, pickles, and, for dessert, ice cream and chocolate).  When you begin to plan decorations, you can pick themes ranging from safari (pink or blue), rubber ducks, owls, and an array of others.  Remember, baby showers are fun to plan.  They’re even more fun once you see the surprised look on your soon-to-be-mommy’s face when she sees all the work you put into her special day.

Baby Shower Game Time!

Baby shower games can range from the classic piñata to the diaper games to baby gift bingo.  If you go with the classic piñata, make sure to fill it with a huge variety of candy to settle every craving your new mommy may have.  You could also put peppermints in the piñata, as peppermints are known to help settle upset stomachs—expecting mommies love peppermints.

When you start looking into the diaper games, don’t be surprised if you find one called Messy Guesses.  While it seems like one of the less popular games, it is a baby shower game that has been played for years at many different baby showers.  The host melts a different chocolate candy bar in each diaper.  You’ll want to choose a variety—one with nougat, one with nuts, one with caramel, and so on.  The guests and the new mommy get to pass the diapers around and guess what type of candy bar is in which diaper.  While the diaper game kit includes felt diapers, disposable diapers are probably better for this game.  This kit, fortunately, includes two other diaper-related games if you opt against Messy Guesses.

Other baby shower games include Baby Gift Bingo, the Baby Stuff Game, and, if all else fails and you want a complete set to save you planning time, you could find a Baby Shower Game Kit.

Photo Cards Give Your Invitations Flair

Upload Digital Pictures to Personalized Photo Cards

Personalized photo cards are the newest exciting way to give your birthday party invitations or graduation announcements a much more personal touch.  Create your own invitations or announcements by adding your own pictures and messages. Whether you’re planning an elegant event or a home party, photo cards are snappy invitations, place holders, keepsakes, and decorations.

Photo Card Styles & Dimensions

Choose from a wide variety of backgrounds for your personalized photo cards.  With two size options and two finish options, there are many ways to add your own personal flair to invitations or announcements.  You have the option of choosing between a matte finish and a glossy finish on a 4×6 card or a 5×7 card.  Create your personalized photo card for wedding announcements, bridal showers, and baby showers.  Proofread your photo card before placing your order.  Your personalized photo card will be sent to a computer and the photo cards will print in real time.

 Cheap Photo Invitations

The best part is the low cost—personalized photo cards start at 44 cents each!  When you place the order, expect delivery directly to your home.  Envelopes are included with your cards.  What a great way to flex your creative muscles and save money all at once!

Wow Your Guests! Maya Kalman’s Theme Party Tips

Maya Kalman’s Theme Party Favorites

She’s a theme party go-getter. Just read expert party planner, Maya Kalman’s ideas on the Swanky Planner and you’ll see why Manhattan’s award-winning Swank Productions puts the pep into plain.

When Kalman plans theme parties, she considers how guests view each event and she aims to impress.

“We never do the same event twice. Even if a client enjoys the look of a past theme, we change it up for new events.”

Kalman particularly enjoys Alice in Wonderland parties. “We’ve planned fundraisers, Bar Mitzvahs, and even the launching of a tea company with inspiration from the Mad Hatter theme.”

Moroccan, Arabian Nights, and Egyptian theme parties are also very popular. “We attack design from a different perspective. We consider all the things you might need for the theme party and then creatively find new twists on those items.”

Turn Party Essentials into Theme Motifs

Kalman suggests theme party planners “consider the wow factor and the experience of guests.  Shindigz offers so many great products to help you do that.”

With the Alice in Wonderland theme, you might need place cards. Add names to the backs of playing cards. If you want an ice bucket on the table, turn a top hat upside down and fashion it into an ice bucket. Think creatively with the staples.

Super-size or Minimize Theme Party Supplies
“Another trick we love is to make items really, really huge. We’ve used Shindigz cardboard cutouts to wow guests at entrances. You can do the same. We also like products that are really, really small, like a set of miniature teacups.” A tea cupcakes mold set could even be fun for presenting home-baked muffins during a morning meeting. “Whatever gets guests talking is successful.”

Play with your Theme Party or Consider the Help of a Planner
The opportunities are endless when creating memorable theme parties. Explore your options to dress up the ordinary.   “Remember the wow factor,” encourages Maya Kalman and “your theme party will create lasting memories!”  Tell us your favorite party themes and successful uses for props and products.

Best Baby Shower Ideas For A Brilliant Baby Bash

A baby shower is one of the most thrilling parties that a mother-to-be will ever have!  The excitement is mounting for the imminent birth of a precious life into the world. My goal is to give you some great tips and considerations for throwing a super successful baby shower!

First, consider the expectant mother’s feelings in your planning – This is a very emotional time for the mother-to-be. She will be feeling elated, excited, anxious, or exhausted…moods subject to change at a moment’s notice! With that in mind, decide what type of shower to host. Select a theme with baby shower table decorations to start your planning and baby shower party supplies. It is perfectly acceptable to include the father-to-be and his friends. Make sure the baby shower activities planned are a blend for all invited, and most of all, comfortable for the guest of honor.

When to hold the baby shower? The choice between a “pre-birth” baby shower (generally best if held before the 8th month) or a “post-birth” baby shower (4 to 6 weeks after the blessed event) should be left to the guest of honor. Where there is a history of complications or if an adoption is involved, it is most appropriate to have the shower after the baby’s birth. A post-birth baby shower party also allows the guests to “shower” the new bundle of joy with love!

Who should host the baby shower party? A good friend, sister or sister-in-law is an appropriate host for a baby shower.

Who to invite? Create a baby shower party guest list. Check with the mother-to-be to see if she wants to invite family, friends and co-workers. She may want to keep this a “family and friends” only affair if she will be having a baby shower party at work as well. Send out baby shower party invitations at least 4 weeks in advance of the shower…in keeping with the theme of course! Once everyone is at the party, assign one or two responsible guests to help with the gifts. Your guest-of-honor will need help unwrapping her baby shower gifts, so be sure to have someone at her side with a garbage bag ready. Assign another baby shower guest to record the gifts so the mother-to-be can send her baby shower thank you notes after the baby shower party.

What to serve at a baby shower? Feel free to serve anything that suits your baby shower party theme and budget. Cake and punch, a hardy meal, an elegant catered offering, a potluck plethora, finger foods and munchies…the choice is yours! For a couple’s baby shower party, serve heartier fare–perhaps a brunch (check out my breakfast Shindigz Party recipes). If you choose to serve a full, sit-down meal, be sure to limit the number of baby shower guests to the amount you can seat comfortably around tables. It’s no fun to balance a full plate on your lap! For a “cutesy” touch, serve little “Twinkie booties” on baby shower tableware. You will need 1½ Twinkies per guest bootie. Place one Twinkie on a baby shower tableware plate and secure the second piece with a frosting color that matches your baby shower table decorations. Attach the half Twinkie to the back of the first one. Using a small decorator star tip, fill the bootie with frosting stars. Using a small writing tip, pipe a contrasting bow on the front of the bootie and outline the entire bootie. Serve them on baby shower tableware dessert plates. If you choose to serve a more traditional cake, use them as adorable cake toppers. You can easily accessorize these “Twinkie booties” with our baby shower deco set found with our other baby shower tableware products. Be aware of diet restrictions of the mother-to-be and the rest of the baby shower party guests. Check with the mother-to-be to see if she has any allergies, or is unable to eat certain foods during her pregnancy. If you do plan to serve alcohol, be sure to inform all guests (especially if it is in a punch and not clearly identifiable). Have plenty of non-alcoholic beverages available, as well as caffeine-free drinks for the mother-to-be.

How should a baby shower be decorated and what about gifts? Use gifts and party favors for the baby as decorative pieces. Teething rings or pacifiers can be used as napkin rings, and baby bottles make perfect serving pieces for nuts and candy…the baby shower guest of honor will be delighted! Group gifts such as a treasury of best-loved books with a personalized bookcase, a basket filled to the brim with much-needed items that a new mom might not know about, a baby stroller, a highchair, or a giant stuffed animal from FAO Schwartz™ make wonderful group gifts. Engraved calling cards, baby blankets, a supply of baby diapers, or baby clothing would also be appreciated.

Don’t Forget Dad—Have a Couple’s Shower!

• Baby shower games should incorporate diapers. Give each couple a baby-sized doll, a cloth diaper, two diaper pins, and a watch with a second hand. The objective of this baby shower activity is to see which couple can diaper the doll the fastest with each person only able to use one hand. The fastest couple wins one of the prizes used for your baby shower games. As a variation on this game, and what will probably be the hardest of all of your baby shower activities, is to have the couples try to assemble a port-a-crib instead of diapering a doll.
• Some baby shower party games can use items that can be given to the mom-to-be after the baby shower. For example, give the mom-to-be the baby bottles used for this most creative of all baby shower games activity. Give each guest a baby bottle filled with juice. The first to finish their bottle of juice drinking through the nipple wins. After all of the baby shower games are over the bottles can be sterilized and given to the new baby!

With ideas like these, the mother-to-be and new bundle of joy will be showered from head to toe and love every minute of it!

Sunday Afternoon, Donald Trump Theme Party Ideas

Donald Trump Party Supplies for Roasts

Celebrate the Tender Moments in Life. Host a Donald Trump Party.

“You’re fired!” Or, rather your party is “fired up” with the Donald. Cook up a cocktail or graduation theme that will have your friends buzzing. There are so many possibilities for a Donald Trump party that we can hardly contain ourselves:

 

The GoBama Donald Trump Birthday Party

The President Life Size Cut Out

This Donald Trump party is ideal for 40+ birthday celebrations. Send out adult birthday invitations requesting long form birth certificates for entrance to the party or to drink at the Hawaiian tiki bar. The birthday honoree must wear his or her long form birth certificate with a military, gold metal star pin throughout the celebration. Invite an Obama life size standee to be the guest of honor at your Trump cookout party. Give Hawaiian leis to designated members of the press. Ask them to ask questions of the birthday honoree, take notes as to his or her answers, tell jokes during the roast, and make merry with your cocktail party supplies. Watch as Pres Obama roasts Donald Trump and then, find out what’s really in the belly of this shark piñata.

The Graduate, Donald Trump Party

Find Yourself, Graduate, at a Donald Trump Party- Order a Standee

 Long ago when the Apprentice first started, the Donald recruited young executives for his enterprise. Bring this same spirit to your upcoming graduation party. That’s right. Host a Donald Trump graduate party, Mrs. Robinson, and invite your favorite apprentices and celebrities for an evening of light-hearted laughs. Besides filling the room with graduation party supplies and pool party supplies, team up your graduate apprentices to create a marketing video for Trump’s presidential bid. The team with the best overall video wins money bags, patriotic pinwheels, and personalized poker chips.

Donald Trump Baby Showers

Donald Trump Baby Showers & Kids Parties

If Mom and Dad see junior in the spotlight someday, mix and match baby shower supplies with gold bar favor boxes, paparazzi standees, and Donald Trump party supplies. Nothing is boring at this event. Pop up a big-top, circus tent in the backyard.

For older children’s Trump parties, take the children to see an elephant at the zoo or take pictures next to a baby elephant standee. Dress up Trump apprentices with gold foil wigs. Order carnival party supplies. Sort children into groups of four to compete for prizes. Whether they’re running relays or darting around cones, sports party games teach kids how to work together like true apprentice teams! If tempers flare, place You’re Fired! temporary tattoos on the backs of little hands.

Your Favorite Donald Trump Party

Let your inner, Donald Trump thrive and your ingenuity and imagination come to life. Share your Donald Trump party pictures and Donald Trump party ideas with us!

Mama’s First Baby Shower

Place special shower gifts in adorable baby shower favor bags!

A new baby is one of life’s greatest joys! Shower the new mom with clever, baby shower ideas and gifts to help her welcome her new little one into the world.

Baby Shower Party Ideas For a Baby Girl

If the new mom is expecting a baby girl, decorate the shower venue by hanging darling pink-and-white paper baby shower lanterns in the doorways or from the ceiling. Add white fabric or vinyl table covers and scatter tables with our pink baby shower safety pins.

Baby Shower Party Ideas For a Baby Boy

A Noah’s Ark or safari theme is always fun and appropriate to welcome a little boy. Choose from Shindigz’ line of Noah’s ark and “Wild Safari” themed decorations and shower favors. Hang the Wild Safari blue baby shower danglers from the ceiling or in the entryway. Decorate the room with mylar Wild Safari balloons, and scatter tables with safari confetti featuring a pair of adorable giraffes. Order a stylish Wild Safari blue baby shower favor bag for each guest to take home.

Baby Shower Party Ideas for Boys or Girls

Design a gender-neutral shower.  Include the whimsical “Baby Pooh” collection with everything you need to host a special baby shower. Begin by sending out these Baby Pooh and Friends invitations. At the baby shower, decorate tables with the Baby Pooh and Friends table cover, a darling Pooh honeycomb centerpiece, Pooh dinner plates, and beverage napkins bearing the words “Sweet Little Smiles.”

The delightful and useful baby carriage pinata serves as a unique centerpiece as well as a fun ending to the shower. Fill the piñata with candy, small toys, or little gifts for the mom-to-be. Any new mom will love a personalized cake made with the baby buggy cake pan. Customize the baby shower cake with pink or blue décor. Choose green or yellow if the baby’s gender is a surprise or if Mom is expecting one of each!

Whether you’re celebrating Mama’s first baby shower or her tenth, creating a party with new ideas is part of the fun.  What are some of your favorite baby shower ideas?